The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-08 00:00:00

TONY — ffAaliET AND '' ,I ;',ITAI.SItCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is very variable, and with each day affairs assume an almost different appear ance. The increased inquiry for accommodation =his morning is, however, partially accounted for IS the rcouirements of the public and others to effect an arrangement for the Equidation of the account on Consols. Apart, however, from this there 18 a very small demand for monetary assistance on behalf of the trading classes, and it is hoped that the surplus capital of the market will, without causing any ill aftcts, be devoted to the payment of cotton from the East. The rates remain firm at 61 7 per cent. for the best three months' securities: An increased demand for bar silver at 611 to has arisen in consequence of the higher terms re cell-el yesterday for bills on India. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : - - 1864. 1863. Great Western North-Weetern S outh-Western Brighton Midland South Eastern Great N or th ern Lancashire and Yorkshire 31,192 35,250 Bristol an d E xe t er North •E as t ern Ilanchester, Sheffi e ld, and Lincoln 18,312 17,393 29,604 29,001 Great Eastern Tiaese returns are, with ono o: two exceptions, of a favour,,ble character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £4,27,9 ; on the North. We stern, of £9,126; on the Brighton, of £1,415; on the Midland, of £5,832 ; on the South• Eastern of £800; on the Great Northern of £3,963; on the Bristol and Exeter of £l4l ; on the North-Eastern of £4,870 ; on Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £919; on the Great Eastern, of £600; while the Lancashire and Yorkshire shows a decline of £1,059 ; and the Sotith-Woatern, of £79. Two o'cLocx, At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's Telegram, the 3 per cent. French Rentes Were 66f. 25 e. Firm. Quotations at the Stock Exchange have been rather depressed to-day, but no material alteration hes occurred. The Funds have been weaker through a want of purchasers, the unfavourable state of the weather having no doubt kept many from Attending to business. Consols, less dividend, are 89 9 money, and 89 a for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 I; do., 21 Per Cents., 72; June Exchequer Bills, 7s. die.; India 5 per Cents., 103 4 ; Debentures, 97 1; and Bonds, ss. prem. In the Foreign Market there is no new feature of importance, and prices are generally steady. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 714 I- ; do. Cons°. lides, 469 47k ; Mexican, 29i 4 ; do. New, 271 ; Greek, 221 23; Spanish Passive, 311 32 ; do. Cer tlficates, 149 ; the Confederate Loan, 58 59; the gYptian,l-, ; and the Danubian, 4 die. to par. Business in the Railway Share Market has been dull, and a downward movement has taken Place in prices. South Western, London and 13 1Ack wall, and North Eastern (Berwick) have each receded 10a, and Great Eastern, Metropolitan, Mid laud, and South Eastern each ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been very little activity, and prices remain Without material alteration. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have in some Instances shown rather more firmness. Imperial Ottoman have improved to 17, Imperial to 341 Bank of Wales to 17k, Hindustan. China, and Japan to 30i at, and International Land Credit to sa BRITISH FUNDS-010E O'CLOCK, GOVERNMENT FUNDS. " Per Cent. Consols B3k I- 1 0 Account, Jai. 10 B9l New Cent. Reduced N e w 3 per Cent B Ba OW 2} per Cent. Jan. 1891 72 A suit Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 30'yrs, expire i;th Jan., 1580 — Do for 30 yre, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 & 31 per Cent. Do £5OO Do £lOO and £200 Yank England Stic, 51 per Ct. Do Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 218 21 Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1 8 7 0 Do Account DO 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do Certificates Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 4 1 Pc. ecnt• 0 Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D0 5 / per Cent., May, 1879 ....... • • • 4 - 10 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 .......... 973 Du Boudsll,ooo DU under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Attatrian Bonds, s per Cent Brazilian Cent an 5 per Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-69 p, Do 1863 — • , lietaos Ayres 6 per Cent — D O O Account.... " i‘ dian 6 per Cent. — "° 4 / per Cent ...... Col ombian 6 per Cent Cub a, — ~ 6 per Cent. - r) '''''° 6 per Cent. 1864 — aniali 3 per Cent., 1825 N . 1) 0 6 p er Cent, 864 —ll.l.adorlNew Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ie .) °, Provisonal Land Warrant — gYptian 7 per Cent ~,t) 0 £lOO Bonds '. 1 , - .,' 0 , Second Issue 4 "0 Scrip, £l5 p a id t ri bk 6 p er C ent ., 1821-5, ex-Coupons i -27.1 —0 Account t ) )0 Coup ons — t i 0 Account — U.atetnala 5 per Cent. 00 1839 and 1859 - ... . . t i 4 Lian 5 per Cent.(Marenaniana _ exitan 3 per Cent - 291 1 1)0 Account Do 1864.. dis D ° 6 per Cent. Anglo - French dis ° Scrip, £43 paid -- dis x d 4, - , - 0 .Freuch Scrip_, Ex. 2 , 51 . 20 c N ° l'leh Imperial a per Cent ;Iv G ranada " 0 2 per Cent. ° Deferred 1 , 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) -- '''(:' Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — P e Do do Aug., 1866 — t ilVica 41 per Cent A° A— - ‘,, Per Cent. (Uribarren).. b ° 4 2 per Cent., 1862 t or t Account ese per Cent., b o l gu 3 1853 b Account • • 1 1 °3 Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. I t ---,, 0 Account .. 471 fjzdatt 6 per Cent 1822, £ St. — D O 4l Per Cent., 1850. •• b o 3 1860 — Dl .) , per Cent 1859 — O ' Per Cent, 1862 b„" A n nglo-Dutch ..•. — 4 41 .,i1 oorip, £65 paid - pm C i tuan to per Cent ..... 4 ° Ace t . p Eth , oun 1)7, 18 , 4 per Cent .. — b- New b ° o 'New Deferred 1,,, tccount ii,:, ellJAlve tp,i°, Account 32/ 11 bil'sh Cert. of Coup not funded — N I tv e o d i A k eceunt l4l a mb. ---84, 4 per Cent. — 1 k.th 6 per Cent. 1854 b°)° Accuilut .......... 1) _ 6 Per Cent. 1858 . ....... .. • 701 ~,0 Account 1;0 4100 Bonds 1) 6 Per Cent. 186 2 L 0 Ac count .. 7la ° Bonds 7ll 2 1) 4 U Do 1863 — vb,, isuGa3rtstuteed, 4 per Cent.. , etic b. clip, £4O paid _ i)C A LIt 'la 3 per Cent. 1_)" n °count — ,:; ", Per C ei it . , 1862 biz, , ccount 6 , P Cent 196 4 11 " i itic-a ' the above paY" l ° i n l ' oudon ) I, rst r i art . • 3 013 I.),; t ia n ,I," per Cent.. Ex. .10 Florins. ( - 8 ' , tol l ~, '2 per Cent. Ex. 2af J 1 1.) - p e rr c 7 11 c lid 631 ol • , ent., I reho,„ Cent. Certificates `tEkli 4 ,..' Routes 3 per Cent. P boV Per antes, 1861, Ex. 25 francs — 11 41 4 :1 ) tInt .......... %Ina° at„, °liar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. -80 , 6 per Cent., Ex. 251 — to 4'°l. l'sf TWO 0 O'CLOCK. oAZ °toy B9l eolkm ... 89 3, zilr el'Pool Cotton Market—This Day. .. ark el , Wet. Sales, probably 5,000 bales. SHARE ALA RHETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. ItailwayB. Paid. Closing , Peon. BUSillege. done. Mr.. Wol., and Str. Val ' nythe and Tyne. iristol and Exeter .;aledonian ;ork and Bandon Jorn wall i)o Af A fzets no div Do. B e.p an.has been paid to B.; Dublin & Belfast June.l Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June.l Edinburgh & Glasgow.! lasg. and S. Western.' .3reat Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian et. GreatNorthof Scotland great Northern Do A stock Do B do 33. S. an IW. of Ireland! Great Western,Original Po Str Nal bto,:1; Do. South Wales Do. West Mid. -020 ord Newport'Do Do Hereford, Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall, Lon., Bright. , ct S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover) Lon. & North Western' Lon. & So , 4th Western' Ilan., Shef., & Linooln.l liaryport and Carlisle. Do I shares... Metropolitan Midland Do Binning. & Derbyi Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee, Nth. Eastern—Berwick I Do, G,N.E. purchas,i Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle...... •• • • Do. Stook. ,tc Darling. Do do 1855-5 S Do do 18,1G.61 North London Do New Do New, 1864 North Staffordshire . N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stoos , Do Scot. Mid. stock ' Shrews. and Welchpoot , 1 . Shropshire Union ..• I South Devon 1 1 South Eastern taines, Wok.,andWok Do C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkeuny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool 87 SO 130 131 6 7 34 36 16 17 90 92 106 108 47i 48 71 81 132 131 151 15i 130 t 3.1 50 51 77i 78 67 69 57 59 44 46 100 Ic2 1141 :15i 81 81 I 10 :C6 37 39 118 1:84 97 99 06 a 120 12t 1 1361 aft 105 107 55 67 25 67 1131 il4l 7,i 72i 1 3 104 38 89 11 12 9 10 c 123 IZ6 2 fL 1 1} 79 8L) ICI 1:1 138 142 58 6) 40 42 85151 8 9 163 C 8 3 4# 1, 18 110 38 40 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Paid Closing Price. Ulantio & St Lawrence torn.,BarOditez. Cent In. Gu:s . per cent.. ..... Do. E: shares— ..... . ,tuilalo and Laae ilium Do. Preference .• •• • • duffalo,Brant,&Godrie; Ip. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187 t)o. do. July 1, 187 )o. do. June 1, 18: lcutta.,t'S.Eastn.(. l .h. 'apcTown J.., Dock Scri Demerara 7 p.c. per. pf n:astn. Bengal gu. s P. 11;ast Indian. au. 5 p. c Do. do. J Ext.. •• (3, rand Trunk °I Can.i: Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge (5 per cent Do. Ist t'rcl. Do. do. deferred..... • Do. 2d l'ref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred..... • Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Do. do. deterred..... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... 3fandtaPenin.gua. s p. e Do. Gus. 5 per cent .• Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... t. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent Do. 41 per cent....• Do. ... .: . ........ W. of Canada Share, Do. New .. • • Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Atadras, guar., 5 p. 0. • • Do. if p. 0. Extemiim De. 4i d0.... . • Do. Fifth Extension ►lelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnd , %lab. & Hobson's Bay. :few Bruuswiokd Cand: Class A. and B. ...... Ni.Rl.C'daB po Ist pt bdi Sande . Do. Delhi a E. Do. do.•••••••••• Do. Punjaub Do. Indite. S t. FloR) all 100 (100 1100 2 1:0 100 103} 59 61 1024 1 , 3 i }dig ip 5 5i 8} 91, 75 80 96 100 8) 90 103 104 1031 loh 21 22 90 92 70 72 61 64 66 68 56 58 53 54 47 50 3) 32 28 30 103 i 1041 pr 61) pr ip 101 103 81e# 1 4 11 83 tO 80 f 2 104 1d 031 96 f 8 01 03 60 62 stock fitoor stod stook S 6 E 2 94 10! 103 102 i 1034 Id ip 102} 1034 05 97 i COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per, cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... 100 100 - - Do. do. 1883...•.! 100 - 0v.6 p.e.Ja. - 1877-84 100 98 100 - Do. Al 4 e. Feb.& Aug 100 98 1 0 - Do. ap. o. Mar. Sept 100 04 10 ) - Do. 6p. o. Jan.&July. 10C 87 8) - Do. 5 Inscribed stool, 100 87 90 - .apeG.llope, 6p 0,187 100 104 106 Do.A p Oct. 188( 100 105 107 Do. 1P s 100 11.6 108 - )o. Jan. A, July. 100 109 111 - Nov.lf.(lB. 61. / 100 103 105 - Do. 1878, do. 100 9 112 4 P Ct'Lt.lB:3 00 r- 107 Do. 187 100 t ' L 109 11:81 Do. .41,32 IJO 110 Vatal Gov. C per As - L.. 10e ioi - N.B.Gov. 6p.5.0 a. ) leo 19 102 -v. S.W. G ov. 6 p 10.) 7 99 - Do. sp. 0.,18Y1 141 100 ; 97 951 41 54 --- Do. d0,,,,181 2 1 , u 1 90 iew Zealand 6poe t 100 5 107 - NOVA Scotia Gov. 6p c. - Bteriing, 187 5 lOO 3 102 - l uee nsland Gcv. 0 ix- 105 - Aus GOv. , 1 ' - Do. 1-7 e ui ward (-I 100 . 103 Vlo.Gov. 6 p.o. 1.101) ) 100 - DO. to 6 p.o. An.b.Oot.. 100 14 1074 104 764 -------- BRITISH ItIINES. 2 '!ahihrtsn Consol. Got.; 1 - Chiverton ••• •• 3 64, .74 7 4 - ,;(111oru A ni algav_ated. - - /even G. Cone. (Taoist. 1 580 600 - DrakewaFs.. Bassett (Illogan) .,() 50 65 484 - East Caradon ..... 3.14. t 18 20 Carn 3.4,0 61 7 - E as t Grenville 2.7.0. 51 6 5f - East Lovell ••• • 2.13.0. 15 16 - 6. W (Tavistk 6.13. 54 51 5 1 St.Aubyia(Gwen go 5 7 4 Great Laxey, all 174 181 -Treat South as 11 2 Wheal Vor(Ilelstor; 40 34 35 3 44 irenville 7B. . 51 6 f - :Lem-Ws -Foot 6.13 35 37 I ingstou Downs 4.18.1 4 44 llargaret (Gny Lelani 1 8 9 l ar ke Valley. 4 ,lyndv Iron Ore (Lira. 24 14 gangileS. • .... '9 13 - New Setun .... lorth Down , •.• 3 291 17 19 - North Roskear.. - I%Basset (111o4a 3 1 2 - north Wheal Crotty . 2.8 0 vi 2f • - Prosper United...o , ... 7.1. , . 34 31 •rovideuce(Uuy Lelut. 10117 31 36 - ioutliCaradon(SLCleer I t 20 540 Wheal Park Fran. (I llogan 1 .17.) 18 2 0 33 30 - itray : 8 17 - 910 Crolt - Vest Basset (111nan), . it 7 9 , 1, Cs radon (Liskeard a 5 - West Chiver:on .., lO 55 60 6) 1 - W e st Solon ...... 05 215 %Vilest Basset (Mogan. 51 90 9 3 Wheal Buller(ltedruth, 10 9 11 - WhealLudeott - %V h ea l Mary Ann (Lien 5 13 16 - Wh e al lieton 5Bl 91 200 Wheal Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 7 19 21 - a l Union 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian, No. 1, 5 per cent. et Great Western Orig. 4il per cent pf., i 7 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di,to. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 135 South Eastern (Reading, Anus., 216 I' RE FE RENCE SHA RES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per cent. pi., Ditto, new per cent pi., 91 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, s;per cent., 111} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 111 ; Namur and Liege, gut. 6 per cent. pf., 201 San Paulo (lim.)„oi.'ua• 7 per cent.. 14 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, `4O?, FOREIGN 111LNE$ Cobre Copper, 27i Port Philip, lit BANKS. Agra and Masterman's (Bra.), 130 Alliance (111 n./. 8 82 Ditto, new, Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd , 22 * Anglo Austrian, 7* 7 Australasia, 70 , Bank of British Columbia, 1,1 Bank of Egypt, 31 3 Bank of \Vales, 11m., 174 Consolidated Bank, lim., 11 Hindustan, china, and .lapan lira.). 3 0 } 1 Imperial Bank (11in.), 31 t Imperial Ottoman, 17 London B ink of Alexico and and S. America Plate, , lim., 7} London, Buenos Ayros , Ditto, new, 1 0 4 London and County, 79 } River — Loudon, Hamburg'' Con t. Exchang,e, lira., Loudon Joint Stoclt, 482 Ditto, new, Sts London and South-Western, lira., 211 London and %% estminster, 97f Merchant Bank, Bin., 281 Oriental Bank. Corporation. 574 8 P rov i n cial Banking Corporation, Um., 31 Provincial of Ireland, El Union of Ireland, lim., 20 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, Commercial Union, lusuran3e, 84 East India Irrigation and Canal, 6 Egyptian Cons and'Trading, lim., 4i 5 E, , glish and Australian Copper , 1 4 Financial Corporation, 1 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., International Financial :4xiciety, Um.: 7# V International Land Credit. hra., 64 t Joint Stock Discount. lim., London Financial Association, London and Caledonian Marine, 11M. , um, 21 Lon on Provincial Marine, 3 North Betlels and Mercantile InstirAlOo, ISt ;ock, 1051 Business done lO2} 2i rim SUIN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEIVIBEit 8, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Mr Justice Shee and a Common Jury.) KINGSBY "V, HART. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover a certain sum of money which he had placed in a loan society, and of which the defendant had been treasurer. The plaintiff placed the money in the society upon the belief that it was secure, and that he was to receive 7 per cent. The society, through the default of one of its cfficers, became involved in difficulties, and when the plaintiff applied for a return of his proit to the treasurer he denied his liability, as the plaintiff, it was contended, had entered the society as a shareholder, and therefore he (Hart) was not liable to repay the money Kingaby had deposited. The case was proceeding Nrhen we went to press. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) FOSTER V. SCOTT AND PRINCE. This was a suit instituted by Mr Foster, as the surviving executor of Mrs Ann Hullick, who formerly resi; - ' ed at Weddlesford, near Cambridge, for the purpose of establish ing the validity of the will and codicil which she had exe cuted, The defendants were Mr Scott, a surgeon, and Mr Prince, connected with a brewery at Cambridge, who had married the nieces of the testatrix, and who pleaded that she was of unsound mind and under undue influence when she made the will in question. It appeared that the deceased lady was the daughter of Mr Hullick, a member of a banking firm at Cambridge, and that she was a person of eccentric habits, but perfectly corn. petent to transact business. The will was executed in 1858 and the codicil in April, 1862, and at the time of her decease the testatrix had reached the age of 82. She had, previous to her death, had a lady living with her named Lawton, who was very attentive, and to whom she was very much attached. The deceased made several wills, in all of which she provided for Mrs Lawton. She gave each of her nieces £l,OOO, and made one of her nephews the heir to the residue. Several entries were read to show that the testatrix was in a sound state of mind, and that she was so believed to be. The medical gentleman who at tended the lady up to her decease said he considered her to be perfectly com petent to execute a will provided it was simply drawn. The examination of wi'nesses was proceeding when we went to press. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN RE MiTTILEWS. This bankrupt was a 00..1 3.4w/theta iu the nampetead roadond to day was appointed for a meeting for discharge. The debts are stated at about £3,000; no assets. Mr Bagley opposed on behalf of several creditors, on the ground that the bankrupt had incurred debt without having had any reasonable prospect of being able to pay, having given in bills of sale over the whole of his property, that he had also dealt largely in accommodation bills, and that he had made bad debts to the extent of £533, principally to persons whom the bankrupt alleged to have absconded. He (Mr Bagley) urged that the bankrupt had been trading with the greatest recklessness, if not with fraud, and was a case which imperatively called• upon the court to suspend the order of d Echarge for a lengthened period. Mr Catlin, for the bankrupt, denied that there had been any recklessness on the part of the bankrupt, as the bills of sale had been given for hard cash, and the principal part, £630, had been paid to one of tho opposing creditors, and the so-called bills were securities to insurance companies for others, all of which had been or would be paid—besides which, the bankrupt had been kept in prison fur nine months on the allege tion that he was about to quit the country, which in itself was a severe punishment. His Honour said that the bankrupt had clearly traded very improvidently—he commenced with little or no capital and proceeded to borrow money to carry on business, and had given a bill of sale, not allowing any time for payment, but left his property to be pounced upon any moment to the prejudice of the creditors. The bill of sale might have been legitimate, but a wrong had been done to the cre ditors. The bankrupt had also Lorrowed money at an enormous rate—he had borrowed £3OO, for which he gave a bonus of £loo—this was at the end of 1E63. As to the accommodation, if not so in the ordinary sense, was very mischievous. Taking into consideration the bankrupt had been in prison nine months the order would lie suspended for twelve months from this date, with protection to be for three e months to be renewed, unless cause shown to the contrary. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 38s 5d ; barley, 28s 2d ; oats, 20s 3d ; rye, 26s 8d ; beans, 37s 10d ; and peas, 35s sd. THE SIX. WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 38s 9d barley, 29s 9d ; oats, 20s Od ; rye, 31s 8d ; beans, 37s 10d peas, 35s 2d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 101,757 ; barley, 117,789 ; oats, 10,569 ; rye, 136 ; beans, 3,593 ; peas, 1,962 qrs, METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a fair average supply of beasts on sale in our market to-day in somewhat improved condition. For all breeds the demand was far from active ; nevertheless, Monday's prices were supported. The best Scots sold at 5s 6d per BlEs. The show of sheep was only moderate. Downs and half-breds commanded full currencies; other wise, the mutton trade was heavy at late rates. The top flr , -a • a.. s 10d per 8 lbs. Calves maintained their pre y' ; veil , . viz., from 4s: 4,1 to 5s 4d per 8 lbs., but the inquiry uem was inactive. rigs were steady, but milch,4o r: -)1d heavily at late rates. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. B. d. e. d. a. d. a d Crse.&l . beasts 6 4 '2lPrimecrs-wool d 0.5 2 5 6 Second a-lity do. 44 10 Prue.S'thdowndo.s 85 10 Prime 1 ge oxen , 0 5 2 Large orse. calve► 4 44 10 Prime S ; as, &c 45 6 Prime small do 50 5 4 Ursa. & -Leep 310 4 6 1 Large hogs 3 64 4 Second -,.aalityd. , 1 8 6 0 'Small porkers 4 6 4 10 Od to Os Od. fiuclr.li - ag calves, 17s to 21s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 21, , to 26s each. TOTAL 8171.'I'LY. POREIGN,_SUPPLY. Eienat .. .. Cows Sheep ............ 6,260 Calves Calves ............ 212 Figs rigs . '36o - MEAT MARIitTS. Nywoe.TE AND LEADBNNALL.-011r markets are (sill) supplied with meat, and the trade rules steady, as follows : Beef, from 38 Od to 48 8d; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; veal, 4s 2d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 4d te 50 Od per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTIIALL, Dec. 7.—Prime stock moved off steadily at full prices; otherwise, the trade was in a sluggish elate. Beet, from 3s 8(1 to 5s 6cl; mutton, 4s Od to 6s 10d ; veal, 4s 41 to 5s 0d; and pork, 3s 6LI to 4s 10d per 81bs, to sulk the offal. ROMFORD, Dec. 7.—On the whole, the trade ruled steady, as follows —Beef, from 3s 6d to 58 6d; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; veal, 4s 2d to 4s 10d ; and - pork, 3s 6cl to 4s 10d per 81bs. Suckling calves, 16s to 19s; quart er old store pigs, 20$ to 255; and milch cows, -615 Os to £l9 Os each. HAY MARKETS. S MITIIPI ELD.—Meadow hay , £4 Os to 15 78 6d clover, £5 Os to £6 7s 6 d ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs pia load. Trado steady. C UBIRER LAND—Meadow hay , £4 to £5 10s Od; clover, £5 Os to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 108 per load, A fair demand. WHITECHA.PEL,—Meadow hay,l3 18s to £5 7s 6d ; clover, £5 Os to £6 108 Od ; and straw, 4s to £1 108 per load. Supply only moderate. THE GREAT POLISH TRIAL,—The trial of the Poles of the Duchy of Posen continues to excite public attention at Berlin It may be remembered that 123 were accused of high treason against the King of Prussia for the part taken by them in the insurrection of last year; and that about a third were liberated immediately after the hearing of witnesses. The King's precureur abandons the prosecution against half of the remaining 80 ; he calls for a condemnation to death on about 20, and a sentence of diffe rent periods of imprisonment against the rest. The State Court—a tribunal of ten ju d g es chosen among the members of the Supreme Court exclusively for the trial of political offences—is to deliver judgment on the 2d December, The Madrid Epoca contradicts the rumour which was current of the flight of the Infante Don Irenrique. The Prince, says that journal, still remains at the Canaries, where he is treated with all the honours due to his rank. The Pardolo of Naples states from Potenza that on the 30th ult. the notorious chiefs of brigands Schiavone, Petrella, Rendina, Marcello, and Caplan° were tried by eourt-martial and shot. The ssme paper states that during the present year 427 brigands and 32 brigand chiefs have fallen into the hands of the authorities. COTTON IN JAMAICA. —Soma time ago I noticed some country correspondent of yours had stated this was likely to be a bad season for cotton. In St. Thomas in the East I can assu re y ou, from present appearances, the fields of cotton are likely to be larger and of better Jamaica quality than last season. I refer more pirticularly to the Cotton Company's estates. The trcos on these estates sand carefully pruned by an experienced English gardener, and considerable attention has been paid to each individual tree. The trees are luxuriant in foliage, and will be shortly in blessow.—,Tamaica Guirdian. The theatrical riots at' Madrid are not yet at an end. A disturbance broke out at the l‘loratin Theatre last week, when the public and the actors almost came to blows. The house has been closed by the authorities. Seligruann, the popular violoncellist, is now at Nice on a professional trip. A pamphlet by M. Isaac Pereire, e ntitled "La Banque de France et Organisation du Credit en France," was published yesterday. It contains 216 pages, and almost forms a volume. 1%1. Pi,r,ire concludes that a searching investigation is necessary. Letters from Algiers state that the steam advice boat Eclaircur is about to examine diff.rent points of the coast of Algeria, down the Franco-Algerian Ell bmgrire cable, Tunis, and I tal y , preparatory to laying POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. --4 -- MARLBOROUGH-SZREET. AN UNFORTUNATE PROSECUTOR —STEALING A WORK or ART.—Stephen Appleton, described as a pianoforte key maker, and who refused his address, was charged before Mr Knox with stealing a bronzed figure of a man and horse, of the value of £lO, from the shop of Mr Nathan Woolf Jacobson, jeweller, &c., 311, Oxford-street. Thomas Hodge, a young man in the employ of Mr Jacobson, said that, abut a quarter past six the previous evening, he was standing out:ide his employer's shop when he saw the prisoner walk up to the brocz2d figure, put his arms round it, and make off with it. He pursued the pri soner, and caught him after he had gone about 30 yards, when he dropped the figure, but Mr Jacobson's foreman coming up at the time, the prisoner was secured and given into custody by Mr Jacobean. In answer to Mr Knox, the witness said the figure was of the value of £lO. Polic,-aonstable Richard Kent, 191 C, said at the station the prisoner refused his address, Inspector Bawles ;asked for a remand, as there was reason to believe the prisoner was known. Mr Knox remanded the prisoner, who made no answer to the charge. Mr Jacobson's foreman said that about a week ago the companion figure was stolen from the shop. Henry Halley, a middle-sged man, was charged with stealing a Dresden china figure, the property of the same prosecutor. The prisoner was seen by a lad named Ellerington, in the employ of Is.,r Jacobson, loitering about the shop, and after wards to go up to the window and then hurriedly walk across Oxford-street. The lad on going to the window missed an ornament, and went after the prisoner, who finding the lad close to his heels throw the ornament down an area, where the broken portions of it were found. The prisoner was then given into custody. The prisoner was remanded. WESTMINSTER. WIVES' COMPLAINTS AGAINST HUSBANDS Charles Weldon, described as "a canine provider," was brought up on a warrant charged with assaulting his wife. Complainant said—l live at 21, ronsonby-place, Pim- . lieo. My husband came home very drunk on Tuesday, and I was obliged to get out of his way, and I don't wish to say any more about it. Mr Arnold—You came here yesterday and obtained a watrant against your husband, upen which he has been taken into custody, and you must now state the circum stances of the case. Cornpiaiaant—ire made ei'gmat diaturbanew, and as noun• as I went near him he began again. That's all. Mr Arnold—That is not all. It you had stated no more than that yesterday I am quite certaia I should not have granted you a warrant. You must tell the truth. Complainant--I am telling the truth. Mr Arnold—One of two things is certain—either that you are concealing the truth now or told a falsehood yes terday. You charged your husband with assaulting you. Complainant—Well, he poked a lighted candle into my face. Mr Arnold—You said more when I granted this warrant. Complainant—Well, ho gave me a slight slap. Mr Arnold—You said a blow before. Complainant—You might call it a blow. Mr Arnold—Woman, I don't want to call it anything. You did describe it as a blow. Why did you come here yesterday and make a statement which to-day you contra dict ? You were sworn on both occasions to speak the whole truth. Your husband has been here before upon your charge, I believe. Complainant—Yes, he has, once. Mr Arnold—What was done with him ? Complainant—l think he had three months. Defendant said his wife began the whole disturbance, and first insulted him. Complainant—Ho broke up two or three of our pictures. I can't say how the candle came into my face. I don't know that he put it there. Mr Arnold—l cannot rely upon your evidence; The defendant is discharged. For the future, when wives com plain here and have warrants, they shall make their state. ments in writing, or have them taken down and swear to the truth of them. THAMES. SERIOUS AFFRAY IN AN AUCTION ROOM.—William Sykes, a well dressed man about 30 years of age, and de scribed as an auctioneer, was brought before Mr Partridge charged with violently assaulting Mrs Elizabeth Jennings and damaging property to the amount of £3. Mr Charles Young, solicitor, stated the case for the pro secution. Mrs Jennings was the wife of an auctioneer carrying on business at No. 4, Upper East Smithfield. The prisoner was formerly in his employ, and left a short time since. Ye iterday evening the prisoner came to the auction ro m drunk and made a disturbance, offered to fight the porter, a German, named Wright, and everyone in the place, and asked Mrs Jennings where her b--- of a husband was, and that ho wanted to beat his brains out. The prisoner then sat down fur a short time, and suddenly rose from his chair, struck Mrs Jennings a tremendous blow on the nose, and knocked her backwards through a framed engraving, break ing the glass which covered the picture, and tearing the engraving itself. A glass shade was also broken, and other damage done. The prisoner was put out of the shop, and he seized an iron bar used for securing the shutters, and drove it through the panel of the door. The prisoner was then secured. He believed the prisoner had established himself in business some 400 yards from the prosecutor's shop, and was very envious of the success of his late master. Mrs Jennings, whose nose was disfigured with a surgical plaster, confirmed the statement of her solicitor. She also added that prisoner kicked her after she was knocked down. She had been bleeding from the nose and mouth all night. Mr Henry Myers, an auctioneer who was selling hand. kerchiefs when the row epeurrcsa- ""•""i' v`o.bva-'2 °Le-G-went went of Mrs Jennings, and said the primer struck him one day last week, and gave him a black eye. He could not spare time to proßectre. The prisoner called him a black eyed beauty last night, Two other witnesses confirmed the statement of the com plainant. The prisoner said he had been drinking with Mrs Jen nings yesterday evening, and walked home with her to her mock auction room, where they were on the beat of terms. Mrs Jennings was very drunk. Mrs Jennings denied having drunk with the prisoner. A policeman said that Mrs Jennings was the worse for Mr Partridge would liquor last night. and in default, not pass over such a vio lent assau't on a woman. Ho fined t h e pr i son er £5 for the assault, is for the damage, and 35 s i n a dditi on , the amount of the da mage,iwprisonment for 10 weeks. Extraordinary Suicide in St, Luke's. --- An inquiry was held by Mr Humphreys, Mid;lcscx coroner, at the Iron Rend Tavern, Chiswell-street, St. Luke's, on Tuesday night, Thomas Shaken, a g ed 49 years. Mrs Frances Shackell said that deceased was a h atter, carrying en business a t 75, respecting the suicide of Mr desponding because he w i s h e d to se ll the business, but his chiawe landlord would nut acc e p t of any tenan t w ho would buy the 11-street. . He was latterly treet stock. Ho was reserved and would not tell witness any thing. He slept by himself in the parlour behind the shop. Witness last saw him on Saturday night. She knocke i fur him at dinner-time on Sunday, but no answer was given, and she thought she had gone out. After church in the evening, however, she became alarmed, and the parlour was broken open and he was found dead on the sofa. Mr W. Monroe, a lodger, said when the parlour was broken open deceased was lying dead, undressed, on the sofa. There was a cup on the table, by the side of which was a piece of paper, on which was written " Beware of the poison is the tea cup on the hob." No doubt he had intended to place the tea-cup on the hob after he drank some of the poison; but the action of the drug was too quick. There was also on the file a letter, which was as follows You need not open my body. I have taken poison, and Mr - has been the cause of it. Far I have offered to get him a tenant who would purchase the stock, fixtures; Sce.; but he has refused to accept any tenant, for the express pur pose to ruin m?• if Saturday eve, Dec. 3, eleven o'clock p.m. ' 6 F. SIIACKLLL, My last words are—Lo very kind to ono another. As for me, I die in perfect peace." Th e witness said that de c e ased's shop had been broken theyto lock hi mse lf in, and not come again, I will be there as well a s n sayingv es. "" R into a year ago , antl he had ever sin ce s l ep t i n the parlour Iff e used ans wer his wife. Wit n ess believed he w as no t o f qu ite sound mind. behindisel Dr. Evan Evans said the deceased had poisoned himself with cyanide of potassium. A paper of that poison lay on the table, and the deceased was apparently so anxious that no one should taste it in mistake that he had pinned on it a largo label " Poison?' The cyanide of potassium was used iu the arts, and was at present sold without any inquiry being made as to what purchasers wanted it for. It was quite as deadly as prussic acid. A cdoik to the landlord said that that gentleman was not in town, and he (th e clerk) knew nothing about the refusal of a tenant. Tho house was let to a Mr Parker, but de. ceased paid the rent. The Coroner having summed up, The Jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while of unsound mind. , THE TRAGYPY ON THE Ilion SEAS.—Captain Walker and the four men constituting the crew of the Alciope have hcen arrested end imprisoned. It will be rereemberi.d that the vessel is queHtion arrived at Queens town on Monday, from Demerara, when the captain re• ported that two Frenchmen, who were in the crew, had, during the voyage, mutined and murdered the carpenter and the mate. They then sought the captain's life, but ho foiled their attempt, and ultimately with the assistanceof the four remaining members of the crew, secured the mutineers, put ting them in irons. While this secured, one of them, it is reported, beat his brains out against the side of the ship, and the other died, it was supposed from poison, which ho administered himself. .Au iequiry will be instituted into the whale affair. The Burglary in Lombard-street. The robbery of bullion, bank notes, bills of exchange, and other valuable securities, on the premises of Messrs Baum, in Lombard-street, is still as much a mystery as it was at first. None of the stolen treasure has been traced, and the thieves are still at large. Some of the more experienced of the City detective police have been engaged in the matter during the last three days, but with little or no result. First of all, there is nothing to show conclusively how the thieves got into the premises; there were no marks of violence found on the outside of either the window shutters or street door, and the irresistible conclusion is that the thieves were inside the house before it was closed for the night either on the evening of Saturday or Sunday. Mr Baum, the senior partner in the firm, a gentleman of advanced age, was seen by a police-constable on duty to leave the premises on Sa turday evening, in a c‘.la, about 7 o'clock, and one of his two sons who assist him in the business did not leave for the night until two hours afterwards. It is said the niece of the housekeeper and her husband, a working man, went to the theatre ou Saturday evening and returned at half past 11. The housekeeper, who with them lives in the top story, did not leave the house during their absence, and on their return nothing occurred as they passed upstairs to attract their attention except that ,the dog barked, which was unusual. The dog, though belonging to Messrs. Baum, was not shut up in their premises at night, but had the run of the lobbies and staircases of the whole house, which is five stories in height. The strong room which enclosed the iron safe is a place about eight feet by six feet, under ground, with an arched roof, and the hole which was cut in the brick wall, and by which the thieves effected an entrance to the room, was immediately over the iron safe, showing that they wall knew its exact position in the room. Had the hole been cut six or eight inches lower down in the wall than it was, the time spent in cutting it would have been lost, for in that case the iron safe would have been immediately behind, and the aperture would not have been large enough to admit a person to enter the room by that way. Locksmiths, who have carefully ex amined the safe since the robbery, are of opinion that access was had to it either by unlocking the door, or by its having been left unlocked inadvertently before the thieves entered the strong-room. Having succeeded in opening the door of the safe, it remains to be explained why the lock on the inner side of it was broken to pieces, and why, supposing the thieves got into the strong room by thehole in the wall, and returned that way with their booty, the two locks on the inner door of the room should itself have been wrenched off. On a search being made in the room by the police, some lucifer matches, two vessels containing oil, one being an eau-de-Cologne and the other a tin bottle, a small can vas Uag, and r BOnitr_ron w0dgea.127(2171 found, beaidaa thA four crowbars and two morticing chisels mentioned in previous reports of the burglary. The bag is said to be similar to some in which labouring men carry victuals. In Lombard street and also in a place called George-yard, running from thence to Cornhill, and hard by the scene of the robbery, extensive building operations are now, and have been for some time, in progress. The two morticing chisels, when found ire the strong room, were both broken at the points, and they had probably been used in making the hole in wall. At all events, the crowbars present no appearance of - having been used for such a purpose, and their points are so thick and blunt as to forbid the idea that they could have been employed in prising open the door of the safe. It is said that when Mr Baum, the senior partner, accom panied by a lad who acts as porter. first made the discovery of the robbery on Monday morning he was so affected that he swooned and fell to the ground, and he had hardly re covered when the police arrived. It is understood that Messrs Baum have intimated their intention to increase the reward offered by them for the discovery of the stolen pro property from £5OO to £7OO. The Inundation Commission at Sheffield. A very important argument upon the cases in which the claimants sue for consequential damages, as a consequence of the inundation, was brought to a conclusion yesterday. The Commissioners are Mr W. Overend, Q.C. (chief), Mr J. Jobson Smith (manufacturer), and Mr M. F. Mills (estate agent), The cases on behalf of claimants were argued by Mr Manisty, Q C., Mr Waller (of the Chancery bar), and Mr Forbes; while the Water Company were re presented by Mr Mellish, Q.C., and Mr Quoin. The argue ments were of a very intricate character, but they took a range as wide as the clause in the Company's Aot which fixes their liability. That clause appeared in part in the Company's Act of 1845, and it was repeated, in an enlarged form, in the Inundation Act which was obtained last session. The clause enacts that " the company shall, and they are hereby required, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, to pay and make good to owners, lessees, 80., of property, and to every per son whomsoever, all costs, charges, loss or damage, as well immediate as consequential, which they shall suffer by reason of the giving way of the company's works." Another section dispenses with the necessity of. proving negligence in order to support any claim, both in respect to loss of life and in claims for loss of property and bodily injury. There are a vast number of claims sent in in which the question of consequential damage is raised ; but the specific ques tion discussed during the special sitting has arisen upon the following interesting casa :—A grocer named Wood cock claimed for less of his custom caused by the drown ing of a number of his customers and the destruction of the houses of others, which had caused them to remove to other parts of the town, thereby causing him to lose their custom. Mr Manisty and Mr Waller argued that the sec tion quoted above established a statutory contract between the water company and the public, by which, on condition that they were allowed to impound vast and dangerous bodies of water, thereby creating what would otherwise be a great nuisance, that they would undertake to compensate the public for all and every kind of damage, "as well imme diate as consequential," as should be caused by the giving way of the company's reservoirs. In_this case the claimant - had a fluty:us vuslu6CC. xx- -roue to bed on the night of the 11th of March, with a business which would have com manded a handsome sum for " goodwill," and he awoke in the morning a ruined man. All his customers were swept away, and it was argued that as this damage was such as would be the natural, nay, the inevitable consequence of an inundation, it must have been within the contemplation of the Legislature when they framed the Act and was therefore recoverable as " consequential" damage. On the other hand Mr Mellish and Mr Quain argued that no person could establ sh a claim whose legal rights had not been injured. The section gave no rights ultra those which were recoverable at common law. Woodcock had no legal right to havb his customers there•—all that he had a right to have was that those customers should have free access to his shop. It was argued if the grocer could recover for the loss of his customers, there was nothing to stop a claim from the wholesale grocer who supplied the retailer, the importer who supplied the wholesale dealer, the shipowner, who would have less sugar to carry, and, finally, the sugar grower in the West Indies, who would have less demand for his sugar. The argument was very closely reasoned out on both sides, and some amusing illus trations of the variety of claims were given. A ratcatcher had actually sect in a claim for consequential damage, "because the flood had drowned all the rats in the district that he was accustomed to operate in." A surgeon sent in a claim for damage caused by the removal (in consequence of the flood) of many ladies whom he would otherwise have had to attend in their confinements. Other claims, equally whimsical, were mentioned. At the close of the arguments the Court adj burned until the 29th inst., when an important judgment will bo given. It may be stated that in conse quence of the delay that has taken place the Water Com pany have, as a matter of precaution, given notice for an act to extend the time for the holding of the commission. Up to the present time nearly 3,60) of the claims have been settled out_of a total of 7,00. THE STORY OF THE PRINCESS DJEMILA.—Upon the best authority, we are enabled to announce that the romantic story of Oriental jealousy, reported in our own columns and in these of almost all our metropolitan and provincial contemporarieg, is entirely without founda tion. The modem chapter of the "Arabian Nights," which has been so eagerly repeated from the letter of oar correspondent at Constantinople, seems simply to have been one of the tales so frequently circulated about the bazaars, and all its details are, we are informed, purely imaginary. The Princess Djemila, who figured as the heroine, is said to be a lady of peculiarly amiable disposition ; and we feel convinced that those journals which have given currency to the existing fiction will at once hasten to exonerate the Royal personage implicated.--Morning Paper. A BORN ACTOR,--Garrick's personal characteris tics particularly fitted hin, for success upon the stage. Look at Sir Joshua's portraits of the Roseius ; it would be hard to find a bettor face for an actor. The features handsome and well defined, and a certain flexibility about them which rendered variety and rapid change of expression easy matters. The eyes large and luminous, dark and pene trating, and above them well arched and strongly marked eyebrows—most precious gifts to an actor—one raised a trifle above its fellow, from some habitual track of expres sion, or an accidental momentary twitch which seems to in dicate a Neerid preception of the humorous. The mouth large, as Wits a declaimer, but shapely, the muscles round it very active and prominent, the chin round, the jaw square, the throat thick—all favourable to delivery of a strong voice, with rapid utterance. His face, we learn, was wonderfully under control. He would sometimes, but rarely, indulge his most intimate friends with a performance of what he calls his " rounds." Ho would stand behind a chair, and unaided by words or music oonvfy into his face every variety of passion, "blending one into another, and as it were, shadowing them with a prodigious number of gradations." Now he extorted laughter, now he drew tears. Now be terr fled, now he seemed him Of terrifiedontil the spectators turned to eee if thero were not among them some strange cause of horror. Now he was wise as Solomon, anon he drivelled like a village idiot. He was young, he was old, he was rich, he was poor, he was sober, drunk, overfed, starving, brave, cowardly, generous, miserly, he wore a plastic mask, and could, by an effort of will, mould hie features to what pattern he chose. There was even at one time a story current that he had frightened Hogarth by appearing before hiul as the ghost of Fielding having assumed a representation of the great novelist's features; but this, it must be confessed, cannot readily bo credited,— Otwe a Week. 1311 if 772 11Qa i i 98 7i 1201 1} 201 137 Of P 79i 1031 5} The Cotton Crop in the North-west Pro vinces of India. The Calcutta Englishman of Oct. 26 has the fol lowing remarks npors the cotton crop of the North. western Provinces :a-- From a report of the Board of Revenue' which we have lately received, it appearo that after making every allow ance for the effects of drought and other drawbacks, the out-turn of cotton this year is estimated at 2,000,000 of maunds against 1,135,683 pumas in the previous season. Of this amount it is supposed about one - fourth will be re tained for domestic consumption, and the remainder ex ported. The area under cultivation has increased upwards of 50 per cent. The crops displaced are principally jowar, bajra, pulses, lentils, and to acme extent wheat, but indigo, rice, gram, and even sugar cane have been occasionally dis placed to make way•for the favourite crop. What is slid more encouraging, greater care and attention are being bestowed on the crop than formerly. "Men, women, and children," says the report, °were continually to be seen in the field, weeding, clearing, loosening the earth about the young plants, and fondly contemplating the crop upon which all their hopes are this year centred." There can be little doubt that the secret of this change lies in the fact that the crops are their own, and not, as formerly, those of their Muhejuns. The absurd notion that the ryot would not benefit by the increase of price has been entirely falsified by the event. The first effect of the high price was to free the rots from their Muhajuns; and they are now able to dispose of their produce at the market Wes. A continuance of such prices would soon show how much of the apathy and indifference that were formerly supposed to be innate and ineradicable was really to be attributed to their perpetual indebtedness. With the out-turn of cotton increasing at the present rate, however, these prices could not possibly be maintained, even if the American war were to last for ever. The native mann. facture of cotton stuffs is everywhere much depressed, and in the eastern districts the trade is said to have almost entirely ceased. The demand for European fabrics also has, as a necessary result of the prevailing high prices, greatly diminished. Apart from the manufacture of native cloths for sale, there is the home manufacture, by producers employing native weavers to work up their own cotton for domestic use, which we have alluded to in a former article. It must not be supposed that the report alludes to this when it speaks of the manufacture of native cloths having diminished. On the contrary, the official account from several districts specially refer to this kind of manufac ture as having greatly increased, and thus fully confirm what we said before en this subject. From Mozufilrnug gu,, ch.t is a _considerable quantity of home-made cloth manufactured by the pro ducers; this is found to be cheaper than buying cloth in the bazaar. Cotton is spun into thread by tha women of the family, and weavers are hired to make it into cloth at so much a piece. * * There can be little doubt that this " affects the consumption of ordinary made country cloth." Again the Commissioner of A ra reports, "A largo proportion, moreover, of the agricultural L.opulation have their own field grown and house spun cotton manu factured in the country looms for home consumption, and are thus in a measure independent of the general mar ket." The same course is we know being pursued, more or less, all over the country where cotton is grown, and will become gradually more general as long as the high prices last. Tho reasons for this have already been fully discussed by us. In some districts it appears that the con sumption of native has increased in comparison with Euro pean cloths. In Etawah, for instance, Mr Hume reports that the high prices have reduced the consumption of English cloth by 22k, and that of native cloth by only 11 per cent. WEST ►SUFFOLK ELECTION.—The nomination takes place to-day, at Bury St. Edmund's, Lord Augustus Hervey will probably be returned without opposition. FIRE.—A fire took place yesterday at Car penter and Sildeeley'e lockworks at Willenhall, near Wol verhampton. A cask of spirits of turpentine took fire and burst, and Mr Sildesley and four workmen were seriously burnt. The fire was confined to one part of the factory and has been put out. THACKERAY AND LEECH.—It is said that the family of Mr Thackeray have expressed a wish that the contemplated tribute to the memory of their relative and John Leech, in the Charterhouse, should take the form of a double instead of a single memorial, and that this will be the first point to be settled at the meeting of Old Carthu sians on the 13th inst.—Guardian. The Freeman claims Sir Thomas Henry, the senior magistrate of the Bow•etreet Police Court, upon whom the Queen has been pleased to confer the honour of knighthood, as an Irishman. He is the son of the late Mr David Henry, one of the eminent firm of Henry, Mullins, and 111‘Mahon, by whom so many great public works in Ireland were carried out, and brother-in-law of the him, member for Athlone, Mr John Ennis. THE MURDER AT SUNNING-HILL PARK.—Yes terday at 12 o'clock, at the Maidenhead County Sessions, Frederick Croft, alias William Smith, the tramp charged with the murder of Elizabeth Butler, at Sunning-hill Park lodge, was again brought up on remand, before Mtssrs C. Sawyer (chairman), J, Hercy, T. J. Hercy, and C. J. Palmer, the sitting county magistrates. All the witnesses were in court, but as no fresh evidence was produced, the chairman, after some little consultation with his brother magistrates, considered that the testimony of the various witnesses previously examined was not sail cint to entitle the Bench to detain the prisoner any longer in custody, and lie was accordinglr at once discharged. The feeling, however, among the mob outside the court was so strong that a little ruse had to be adopted by the police, in order that Croft might leave the neighbourhood of the county police station without being molested. .~rrnsurt TV Jai‘v ss- Vous: a liTnu v HALIFAX.—On Tuesday, at the Halifax Borough Court, Thomas Drake was charged with attempting to drown Eliza Wilson. Prisoner and prosecutor both lived at Halifax. The former is about 18 years of age, and a dyer. He appears to have been on terms of intimacy with Wilson, and oa Tuesday morning met her and walked with her along the canal bank. Near Caddy Field, and while walking under a bridge, prisoner suddenly seized Wilson and threw her into the canal. She was on the point of drowning, when a man named Furness hastened to the spot, and got her out of the water. Prisoner had concealed himself close by, but seeing prosecutrix rescued, he rushed forward and jumped into the canal. Two or three men, who had been drawn to the spot, succeeded in getting him out again,. and gave him in charge of a policeman, who had been sent for. Prosecutrix sufficiently recovered to appear at the court. The magistrates commended the conduct of Furness in rescuing the woman. The prisoner was sentior trial at the assizes.—Hatielaster _Examiner. A peculiarly shocking accident, attributable solely to intemperance, occurred on Saturday night, near to West Hartlepool. Two labourers were staggering home helplessly intoxicated, when they both fell down upon the line of the Stockton and West Hartlepool Railway. The daughter of one of the mon, a mere child, who was with them, endeavoured to raise them, but was unable to do so. The men had not been many minutes down before they apparently went to sleep, and the girl became much alarmed at the dangerous position in which her father and his companion was placed. She did everything in her power to arouse thorn from sleep, but was unsuccessful. Seeing their increasing danger on a train approaching, she in wild excitement ran towards the road which leads to the house of her pare4ts, but had not proceeded far before the passenger train dashed over the spot where a few minutes before she had left her father and his companion. When the child returned to the spot with het mother and some neighbours, the .dead body of her father was found fright fully mangled. Toe other man had sustained a compound fracture of the thigh.—Birmingham MORE LOSSES AT SEA. —Yesterday a telegram reached North Shields that the brig Resolution had foundered in the North Sea, but that her crow were rescued. Yesterday afternoon the Pearl, steam tug, brought a shipwrecked crew into the Tyne. They belongoi to the Swedish schooner Vitus, from Korsoer, with a cargo of barley, fur Stockton. The schooner had foundered in the North Sea on the 25th of November. and her crew, six in number, had fortunately afterwards been taken off the wreck by the brig Messenger, of North Shields, bound to London, who brought them to Shields bar yesterday, and put them aboard the tug. Yesterday, a large quantity of oats and ' pork saved from the wreck of the Stanley was sold by auc tion. The pork sold in two lots—ono at 30s, and the other at 255, per cwt. The oats sold at 2a Gd per sack. A public meeting was appointed to be held in North Shields last night, to organise a volunteer force to assist the Coast- Guard officers with the rocket lines in case of shipwreck TEM CIRCASSIAN EX.ODUS.-0 nr Malta correspon.. dent has received the following letter from Larnaka (Island of Cyprus), dated the 12th of November :—" You have no doubt heard of the Circassians havirg been driven out of their country, and a great number having arrived at Con , stantinople. The Turkish Government made a great many of them soldiers, and also distributed a great number over different parts of the Turkish dominions. Of these unhappy exiles, 2,700 were sent to Larnaka in three small brigs, and out of that number only 1,400 reached that place alive, 550 of whom were in perfect health. And it is reported by masters of merchant ships that the sea was covered with dead bodies, in fact, while at anchor off Lai mike. they were seen to heave bodies overboard , although there was still lite in them, to maks room for the rest to mvo about. They were literally packed one upon the other, and suffered chiefly from want of water. The Laziretto where they were quar tered presented a shocking eight—men, women, and children nothing but skin and bone, dying at the rate of 20 a day from exhaustion, end an eye-witness counted 15 dead bodies in one heap on the beach. They were allowed a few pares a day to obtain food, but required something nourishing, which I suppose was not procurable. On the emigrants first arriving here, a great number of the inhabitants assembled on the beach to prevent their landing, ha ce vi u n lw g det h roe e g a in r e d t, ft t oh h oe a dy t th e y were a ferocious set of people, &c., well armed, b u t on u ifindingm immediately a o t e u l t y what help e a d horrible them ae mcno ch a i condition otnh they yhy a Several of the Turks have taken them as servants, and the rest are being sent into the interior daily to work on the farms, 'Railway and other Compardes. SOUTH AUSTRIAN & LOMBARDO-VENETIAN. The total receipts on the South Austrian lines, 1,082 miles in length, from the Ist of January to the 17th ult., amounted to £1,847,977, and for the corresponding period of last year to £1,785,131, showing an increase of £62,846. The total receipts on the Lombardo-Venetian Railway, 278 miles in length, amounted to £339,902, and for the corres ponding period of 1863 to £322,402,_ showing an increase of £17,500, The total receipts on the Central Italy branches, 183 miles in length, for the above period amounted to £190,258, and for the corresponding period last year to £186,512, showing an increase of £3,746. In the aggregate the total receipts amounted to £4378,137, against £2,294,045, showing an increase of £84,092. VICTORIAN. The total receipts on the Victorian Government Rail ways, 156 miles in length, amounted from Jan. 1 to Ang. .e 5 last, to £314,543. and for the corresponding period of last year to £291,359, showing an increase of £23,189. DEMEItARA. The trafflureceipts on this campany's railway for the fort night ending Oct. k 9 last amounted to 4,790 dole, and for the corresponding period of last year to 3,857 dols, show ing an increase of £933 dols. REGENT'S CANAL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held y aster day at the offices, City-road Basin ;Mr Parker in the chair. The report stated that the traffic for the half-ye•,tr ending 30th Juue last amounted to 812,44 tone, and the gross amount of tolls to £31,419, the net profit being £18,173. This amount, after transferring £9OB to the reserve rand, will allow of the payment of a dividend of 132- per share tree of income tax, leaving a balance of £363. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said they were threatened with a competing line of railwav from King's-cross to Limehouse, the plans for which had been deposited. The committee would examine these plans, but he was not yet prepare.' to say whether they would oppose this new line. The cost of the contemplated ita, provements in the company's docks at Limehouse would probably amount to a large sum, but he had no doubt they would be well remunerated for the outlay. The report was adopted, Mr Abbot was appointed secre tary in the place of Mr Snee, deceased, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proc.edings. STATE OF TRADE. DUNDEE, D. c. 6.--To-day buyers showed more diaposi. araioiThisiness than on Friday, and a better feeling was visible in the merket. The finer qualities of flax, tow, and codilla are in improved demand, and considerable sales are reported to- ay at very fall prices. The inferior marks 1 : e. main dull, and prices unsteady. Jute is rather quiet, and the advance got a week or two.ago is with difficulty sus. rained. Yarns of all Berta were in active request, a'ad largo parcels changed hands at full last week's priceds fur the various qualities. No change in the quotations can, how. ever, be made, as it was only in rare cases that any rise was got. Linens continue in good demand, both jute goads and the better descriptions being wanted. Both spinners and menufacturers are in general largely foresold. some of them, having orders to lest them for months to come. LEICESTER, 7th.—There is a gradual failing off in the demend for hosiery goods, which is usually the case at the present time of the year, and there will be no reaotion until after Christmas. At Loughborough and Hinckley trade is quiet, and the operatives are not so well ezniloyed. As orders are now of an assorting-up character, what is finished is merely for immediate requirements. Wools are quoted at high prices. In yarns there is not much doing, and prices remkin extremely high. NOTTINGHAM, 7th.—The lace trade is still in a very languid state, and very little business has been done duricK the pest few days. Plain nets cannot be sold at prime cost.; very few are made, most machines being put on short time or stopping altogether. There is rather more doing in silk mechlins, but silk laces and edgings are still extremely dull. Some small orders are expected from America, but many goods are still in bond at New York which are intended for the tall trade. Continental orders are very small, and only for assortment. It is expected that at the turn of the year some more business will be done, as stocks are very small. The hosiery trade is without much change. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Dec. B.—Wind this day at noon—South.. East ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain during the morning. NEIVFORT, Deo. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sarah Pay-. son, from Bristol for hlatanzae. CARDIFF. Dec. 6.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Satellite, for Singapore. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 6.—Arrived—Droit, from Liverpool for Cuba. KINGROAD, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Yuba, !tom St John's, N.B. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 6.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Polly, fur Singapore. SUNDERLAND, Dec. 7.--Wind S,W.—Arrived—Fiede rick 11,atz.41, from Quebec. FALaowrn, Duc. 7.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Eva, for Savannah. (BY IfI(IINETIC TBLEGRAFIL) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 7—Brunelle, hum t.:ronstach—Jeddo, trona Quebec. _ Arrived, Dec. B—Milton Lockhart, from Sanganay— William Richardson and Symmbtry from Dantzio—Result, from Guernsey—Lord Guugh, from Geth—Favourite, from Cronatudt—Vrjohandel, from Port Natal. Dr.A.2., Thursday Morning. Passed in tow—British Sovereign, from the west, for London. Pamod—Arabella (8), from the west—Beta (8,8.), from% Oporto— both for London, RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865. JANUARY. Manchester FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring ' ,l Nottingham Spring 25 AI ARCH. Derby Spring 2 Liverpool Spring .. 7 Shrewsbury Spring .... 9 Doncaster Spring %Vara ick Spring Chelmsford Spring 28 IL. Cattcrick Bridge Thirsk Epsom Spring Northampton 4 Croxton Park 7 Durham Newmarket Craven Newmarket Ist Springy, 1 Salisbury Chester York Spring Bath Epsom ..`tuiluier Epsom Summer (con.) 1 Manchester 7 Ascot .. _ l3 Hampton Nowton Newcastle Alexandra Park 2O Worcester Summer .... 29 Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract Nottingham Summer .. 18 Chesterfield .... 21 Goodwood AUGUST. Huntingdon Reading Egham °mord York August 22 SEPT. Weymouth (continuos), Leicester Doncaster Brecon lB OCTC Northallerton Newmarket Second Oct 9 NONE: Worcester Autumn Plymouth .. 24 Lichfield Devon and Exeter.. 29 Derby Summer Weymouth ...... 31 :MBER. __ Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn Newmarket Ist October 26 IBM% I Newmarket Houghton.. 23 I Worcester Autumn .... 31 :AMER. (continued) 1 The biddings for £350,000 in bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of England. The pro. portions allottel were—to Calcutta, £226,200; to Bombay, £120,000; and to Madras, .£3,800. The minimum price was, as before, is lltd on Calcutta and Madras, and Is 110 on Bombay. The appli cations within limits amounted to £2,230,000. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at is Did will receive about 9 per cent., and on Bombay az 2s id about 80 per cent.; all above these prices in full. These terms indicate a considerable increase in the demand for means of remittance to India, the rake paid being about I per cent. higher on Calcutta, and 2 per cent. higher on Bombay than those on the previous omelet). 1 A KIND OF LOVE AFFAIR."—At the Wina cheater assizes on Monday Edward John Clark was indicted for robbing Mary Dunkison of a watch on the Ist of November. The prosecntrix said that she was a ser vant. She and the prisoner had kept company for three years. On November Iho asked her to take a walk with him about two o'cicck. They went through a field, and the prisoner snatched her watch from her and ran away. She followed him and asked for her watch. He declared he had not taken it. She put her arms round him and felt the watch in his greatcoat pocket, and oho took it out and put it in her bosom. He threw her down and eat upon her face and took the watch out of her bosom. She cried out, and r h a e n t e a e w k a h y e w r i b t h y i t thee watch throat n T elsaid h The eJury, w af o t U er ld so lt it. e Hethen hesitation, returned a verdict of guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy. The Judge—On what ground, gentlemen? A Juror—My lord, we think it was a hind of love affair. Sen tence postponed. The 3foniteur de l'Arniee says :—" An hononrable French oilloor has boon appointed Guardian of the French military cern tery in the Crimea, namely, Capt. Schaefer, formerly of the 15th Regiment of the Line, and now on the ratindd list. 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